Re:How to be a Good Poster, Part 1
Here’s a funny flash tutorial on this very subject (link discovered by Lexxian fourthof5):
http://users.adelphia.net/~kamel/Posting.html 😀
If you visit a few boards, you’ll notice that rules (written or, all too often, unwritten) can vary considerably. For instance, I visited one board where you were not allowed to post more than a short paragraph because more than that was considered crassly and grossly self-indulgent. Needless to say, I got in trouble. 😆 At other sites, political and religious discussion is not tolerated, or it’s only really tolerated if you share the same bias. As what is acceptable varies, and many sites have numerous unwritten rules, you may sometimes feel like you have to test the waters a bit to define the posting parameters. Lurking a bit first is often a good idea since in some places the staff and members can be amazingly strict/intolerant. After reading the FAQs and/or rules, I go straight for the locked threads — gives you a feel for the place, and can, sometimes, be entertaining to boot.
Have a look at the rules here: http://www.genvid.com/forumrules.html Pretty soldier Sailor Moon demands much from her subjects. Hmm, looking at the forum, I do notice she doesn’t always enforce her Sailor powers. Still, very effective way to scare people off.